Adoor Gopalakrishnan's 10th feature film, "Naalu Pennungal" (Four Women is among the most awaited films at the 38th International Film Festival of India here.
Fans of the master filmmaker are in for a treat as "Naalu Pennungal" is a typical Adoor, and more. The four-part Malayalam film, in which each episode is an ode to a woman trapped in the vortex of a society in flux.
"Naalu Pennungal", dwells upon the struggle of four women from different strata of society grappling with the pulls and pressures responding to their inner urges while having to live up to the expectations of those they love and those they do not even know. It draws inspiration from the short stories authored by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai, one of the most keenly observant chroniclers Kerala has ever seen.
The stories are titled The Prostitute, The Virgin, The Housewife and The Spinster," said Adoor.
The film owes its life to a Doordarshan proposal for a 100-minute television series based on Thakazhi's stories. "I wasn't interested in doing something solely for TV," revealed Adoor.
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